Why do we only have 1500 of these?
Why do we only have 1500 of these?
Juan Perry
Thomas Miller
because military spending is retarded at times
Brayden Campbell
F35 eating army funding.
Robert Smith
Because any conflict that requires more than 1500 tanks will be decided by air power.
Andrew Cooper
lmao, this
Bentley Jones
>the arbitrary number we have now is fine
Cope.
Angel Brooks
>the arbitrary number we have now is fine
It literally is. There's zero potential conflicts where the US somehow goes through 1500 tanks.
Ethan Bailey
Virtually overnight, the introduction of the RPG-29 made modern western tanks obsolete and precipitated a rapid freeze on new tank production.
Ayden White
Its 2019 now , tanks are meme, We have fucking guerrillas flying drones
Kevin Rodriguez
Thats enough for 14 panzer divisions if my maths is right
Lincoln Lee
>RPG-29
The US Army ranks the RPG-29 threat to armor so high that they refused to allow the newly formed Iraqi army to buy it, fearing that it would fall into insurgent hands
Blake Rogers
>fearing that it would fall into insurgent hands
Considering how things have been going for Turkish MBTs fighting insurgents, it sounds like those fears are well-founded.
Matthew Ross
>gorillas flying drones
Kek
Also this is the only answer. The only reason tanks are made is that a congressman is guaranteed to lose his reelection if they vote to stop making them.
Thomas Ross
Apparently they have a ton in storage and a means of getting them ready for combat in short order.
Hunter Mitchell
Look at it another way, who else has 1500 modern, decently maintained tanks? Military power is relative, and you can't look at WW2 to figure out where the bar is being set today.
John Davis
What about five or six conflicts at the same time? What about defending a longer frontline? Fucking lol.
Dominic Adams
Maybe, becouse in modern conflicts using air force and missiles?
Ian Peterson
When have we ever fought 5-6 conflicts at the same time.
Ww2, the largest war we've ever participated, didnt see us do 6 France-tier invasion forces at once. Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos i guess qualifies as 3, but tanks werent a major presence in the latter 2.
Colton Perez
>There are people in this thread who still believe that planes accomplish anything of note.
What's it like living in the 90s?
Ian Howard
Whats it like living in the 10's
Nathan Long
>Defending a frontline
From who? Against what? Literally who are you expecting to fight? Ze Germans?